Quote littlerich="littlerich"Clubs on the edge of SL and the RFL need to be careful with this kind of conjecture. Yes, right now i would say that Widnes are in the box seat but as i 've said many times, how embarrassing would it be if a club like ..... let's say .....Halifax, won the NRC and the GF next year - total domination. Let's say also that Halifax lose by 6 points to Saints in a Challenge Cup Semi. During that season, the average attendance jumps to 4,000 and by January 2011 the club have sold 3,500 season tickets for the following year. By June 2011 the club are once again at the top and in the NRC final. How embarrassing and difficult would it be to say to Halifax then that their bid has been unsuccesful? '"
It wouldn't whatsoever...
Expect the line...'Fax whilst impressive on the field have some way to go in other areas but we look forward to reviewing their bid in 2014.'
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Pre-empting and media statements are all well and good but conjecture (like Matt's famous comment) could leave lots of egg on lots of faces. There's nothing wrong in shouting about what clubs have achieved to date and how plans are progressing but to issue statements about being "chosen" already for 2012 is disrespectful quite frankly - in EXACTLY the same vain as Matt's comments.'"
SOC has done nothing here that won't become the norm in the upcoming months... Hopefully it won't descend into the sordid affair it was last time when club officials of rival teams took to point scoring and criticising of our bid. I'm proud to say that SOC kept his integrity and did not get drawn into this.
Whatsmore he's only echoing what the majority of the RL community are saying.. even more so in the last week or so.
